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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210706T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210706T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
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SUMMARY:Migrant Solidarity Group: Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our Migrant Solidarity Group will be meeting on Tuesday 6th July at 6:30pm – 8:00pm. \nTo find out how to join the online meeting please email migrantsolidarity@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/migrant-solidarity-group-meeting-12/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210707T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210707T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210705T153728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210705T153728Z
UID:23603-1625684400-1625684400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Yorkshire group meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our Yorkshire group will be meeting on the evening of Wednesday 7th July to discuss follow up from their recent webinar and forthcoming involvement in York Environment week. \nFor details please email yorkshire@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/yorkshire-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210708T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210708T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210706T091757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T091757Z
UID:23607-1625770800-1625776200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Economic Justice & Health Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Economic Justice & Health Group meets fortnightly on Thursdays at 7pm. \nIf you’re interested in getting involved\, please get in touch with Economic Justice Campaigner Siddhartha Mehta – siddharthamehta@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/economic-justice-health-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/11/1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210721T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210721T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210607T161128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T163229Z
UID:23370-1626894000-1626899400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Health & Human Rights Research Network Quarterly
DESCRIPTION:We’re relaunching the Health & Human Rights strand of the Medact Research Network! \nThese quarterly meetings will be a space for us to come together\, share our work\, discuss new projects\, or delve into deep discussion about research that has caught your interest. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/health-human-rights-research-network-quarterly/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210721T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210721T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210714T130150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210714T130150Z
UID:23640-1626894000-1626899400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Research Network: Climate Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our Climate & Health Research Group will be meeting on Wednesday 21st July to discuss ongoing projects. \nFor more details about the work of the group\, email Rob Abrams on robabrams@medact.org. \nFind out more about the wider Medact Research Network \n 
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/research-network-climate-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210722T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210722T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210706T091945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T091945Z
UID:23609-1626980400-1626985800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Economic Justice & Health Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Economic Justice & Health Group meets fortnightly on Thursdays at 7pm. \nIf you’re interested in getting involved\, please get in touch with Economic Justice Campaigner Siddhartha Mehta – siddharthamehta@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/economic-justice-health-group-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/11/1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210722T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210722T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210708T162244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T170237Z
UID:23619-1626982200-1626987600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Health Action at COP26 ─ Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join Medact Scotland for this interactive meeting to build plans for health workers and students looking to take action at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow this November! \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/health-action-at-cop26-planning-meeting-22-july/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210727T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210727T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210708T163018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T175130Z
UID:23622-1627412400-1627417800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:July Big Meeting ─ Health for a Green New Deal
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the July Big Meeting of the Health for a Green New Deal campaign! As well as getting to know one another\, we’ll be hearing updates on what different groups in the network have been up to and how you can get involved! We’ll also be sharing some exciting information on actions around the COP26 climate talks coming up later in the year. \nIf you’re brand new to Health for a Green New Deal\, we’re running an optional onboarding 30 minutes before the main meeting. Feel free to join us for the onboarding to hear about Health for a Green New Deal’s message\, organising principles and our strategy to win! \nJoin us at 18.30 for the onboarding for newcomers\, or join us at 19.00 for the main meeting.\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/july-big-meeting-health-for-a-green-new-deal/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210805T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210805T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210222T103558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210805T162142Z
UID:21820-1628188200-1628193600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Migrant Solidarity Group monthly meeting
DESCRIPTION:The August meeting scheduled for this evening will be postponed till September! \nIf you are interested in getting involved in the group before then please email migrantsolidarity@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/migrant-solidarity-group-meeting-13/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210805T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210805T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210706T092040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T092040Z
UID:23611-1628190000-1628195400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Economic Justice & Health Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Economic Justice & Health Group meets fortnightly on Thursdays at 7pm. \nIf you’re interested in getting involved\, please get in touch with Economic Justice Campaigner Siddhartha Mehta – siddharthamehta@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/economic-justice-health-group-meeting-5-aug/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/11/1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210805T105349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210805T105429Z
UID:23673-1628521200-1628528400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:IPPNW Student Discussion on "The Vow from Hiroshima" and the Importance of Medical Student Activism
DESCRIPTION:  \n“The Vow from Hiroshima” is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow\, a passionate\, 89-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second generation survivor\, Mitchie Takeuchi. “The Vow” will be available to stream on 7-8 August for our event’s participants. \nWith introductory remarks from the filmmakers Mitchie Takeuchi and Susan Strickler followed by comments from Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow in a conversation with IPPNW international medical students movement from Kenya\, India\, Russia\, United States and Germany. Register now to join the conversation on 9 August. \nAs a 13 year old child\, Setsuko miraculously survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima\, an experience that shaped her life forever as a tireless activist for nuclear abolition. The film is a timely exploration of the global dangers of nuclear weapons and provides an insider’s perspective as we see Setsuko work with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The culmination of Setsuko’s decades of activism is her acceptance speech at the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo and the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2021. 2021 marks the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. \nRegister now to access the film stream and discussion
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/ippnw-student-discussion-on-the-vow-from-hiroshima-and-the-importance-of-medical-student-activism/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Films,Online,Talks & Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/08/Hiroshima-Vow.jpeg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210630T171528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T171528Z
UID:23576-1628532000-1628537400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Tyneside group meeting
DESCRIPTION:After a bit of a break our Tyneside group will be meeting again on Monday 9th August. If you’re interested in joining please drop us an email to office@medact.org and we’ll put you in touch!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-tyneside-group-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2016/05/tyneside.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210708T163309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T173510Z
UID:23626-1628535600-1628541000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Onboarding Call: Health for a Green New Deal
DESCRIPTION:Health for a Green New Deal is building a grassroots-powered health movement for a just and green society\, one that prioritises the health of people and planet. All those who work in or study health are welcome to join us and help build the movement! \nInterested in getting involved in Health for a Green New Deal? Join us for an onboarding session to find out everything you need to know about our plan to build unstoppable social pressure for a transformative Green New Deal. \nEach onboarding session lasts approximately 90 mins and covers our strategy\, message\, organising principles and the ways you can get involved in Health for a Green New Deal – from joining a national coordinating team to setting up a local hub. \nSign up below to join an upcoming onboarding session. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/h4gnd-onboarding-call-9-aug/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210818T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210818T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210812T104557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210812T104557Z
UID:23724-1629313200-1629318600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Research Network: Climate & Health Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our Climate & Health Research Group will be meeting on Wednesday 18th August to discuss ongoing projects in the build up to COP 26. \nFor more details about the work of the group and to get involved\, email Rob Abrams on robabrams@medact.org. \nFind out more about the wider Medact Research Network.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/research-network-climate-health-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/05/Medact-Research-Network.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210819T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210819T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210812T103827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210812T115719Z
UID:23719-1629399600-1629405000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Economic Justice & Health Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our Economic Justice and Health Group is a growing movement of health workers calling for action to address widening inequalities in health through economic system change. Current focuses include welfare\, work\, housing and taxation policies for better population health at both local and national levels. \nAll those who work in or study health are welcome to join us and help build the movement! \nJoin us for a meeting to find out everything you need to know about our plan to bring about an Economy centred on Health and Wellbeing. \nThe meeting will be a chance to hear about our strategy\, messaging\, how you can get involved and our plans for the next few months. We will also have a couple of guest speakers who will be speaking about gaps in welfare policy and the fight against economic exploitation and outsourcing of cleaners\, porters and security guards\, especially those working in the health sector. \nSign up below to join our upcoming meeting.\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/ejh-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210824T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210824T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210809T153821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T155117Z
UID:23709-1629831600-1629837000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Movement Builders: What’s the deal with COP 26?
DESCRIPTION:What’s the deal with COP 26? Join us for the August Movement Builders Session of the Health for a Green New Deal Campaign to find out what to expect at COP 26. We’ll be joined by speakers from the COP 26 Coalition and Glasgow Calls out Polluters to dive into some of the key issues at COP to inform how we organise and take action for climate justice! \nIf you’re brand new to Health for a Green New Deal\, we’re running an optional onboarding 30 minutes before the main meeting. Feel free to join us for the onboarding to hear about Health for a Green New Deal’s message\, organising principles and our strategy to win! \nJoin us at 18.30 for the onboarding for newcomers\, or join us at 19.00 for the main session. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/movement-builders-whats-the-deal-with-cop-26/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures,Training
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/08/h4gnd-august-movement-builders.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210825T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210825T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210818T180419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210818T180419Z
UID:23743-1629918000-1629923400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Group Meeting: Medact North East
DESCRIPTION:The newly renamed Medact North East group will be meeting online on Wednesday 25th August from 7 – 8.30pm. \nMedact Climate Lead Rob Abrams will be joining and the focus will be on COP26 and actions on 18th September. \nIf you would like to join\, please contact northeast@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/group-meeting-medact-north-east/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210901T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211031T235959
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210825T144029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T164634Z
UID:23787-1630454400-1635724799@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Health Action for the Green New Deal Bill
DESCRIPTION:What’s happening?\nThis Autumn\, the Decarbonisation and Economic Strategy Bill (otherwise known as the Green New Deal Bill) returns to Parliament. The Bill aims to end licensing for new fossil fuel projects\, promote the rapid decarbonisation of our economy\, support healthy food systems\, safeguard natural habitats\, restore biodiversity and tackle inequality\, all the while investing in millions of good quality green jobs! \nThe Bill presents a unique opportunity for the promotion of both public and planetary health ─ one in which the health community has a crucial role to play. The changes we’re calling for are not small. To win\, we need to build public support to put pressure on MPs to do the right thing. \nWhat will the action involve?\nThis action will involve setting up a local ‘Climate Clinic’ to engage the public on the health impacts of the climate crisis and encourage them to take action by signing a postcard to their MP asking that they support the Green New Deal Bill. \nWe’re encouraging groups to run their Climate Clinics on either Saturday 25th September or Saturday 2nd October – but if this isn’t possible for you/your group\, please do still sign up\, it’ll be okay to run it on another day that suits you. \nWe’ve produced an action guide that explains the step-by-step process of how to set up your own Climate Clinic. Additionally\, we will be running training calls on 13th and 27th September going over the process of setting up a Climate Clinic and how to have persuasive conversations with members of the public. \nSign up now to join the action!\nThis signup has now closed!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/health-action-for-the-green-new-deal-bill/
LOCATION:Across the UK\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210904T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210904T130000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210804T084721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T105320Z
UID:23671-1630753200-1630760400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:AGM 2021
DESCRIPTION:The annual Medact members meeting is just around the corner! This is the second we’re holding online to help us stay safe from the coronavirus\, but we have a packed agenda including important business for how Medact runs. We hope to see you there! \n\n\n\nIt was wonderful to see so many of you online at last year’s meeting\, and this year we’re looking forward to bringing so many members together again\, both veterans as well as new faces! Over 200 new members have joined in the last year – a record! This meeting is an opportunity for us all to get together and consider the overall running of the organisation. \n\n\n\nThe day will include: \n\n\n\n\na chance to hear from a number of our campaigns and member groups\n\n\n\na menu of opportunities to get involved in the coming months\n\n\n\na discussion and voting on Medact’s organisational position on nuclear power (see more)\n\n\n\nother essential business including scrutiny of our finances and election of Trustees (see more)\n\n\n\n\nNon-members are welcome to join the meeting\, but you must be a member to propose and vote on motions or in elections. If you would like to get involved in running Medact\, why not join today? \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP to receive final papers and joining details: \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed] \n\n\n\nMotions\n\n\n\nWe have one motion on the agenda\, relating to Medact’s position on nuclear power: \n\n\n\n\n‘It is proposed Medact adopt the following policy position: \n\n\n\nGiven the high costs of civil nuclear power\, its close association with the military and the detrimental and prolonged effects of the nuclear industry on the global environment; and given the rapid increase in the much cheaper and more efficient sources of low-carbon renewable energy which could supply the bulk of all sources of power for the UK\, thereby completely filling the gap left by the withdrawal of fossil fuels: the UK should abandon all plans to expand its civil nuclear power programme\, and proceed vigorously with the development of renewable sources – wind\, solar\, geothermal and ocean.’ \n\n\n\nProposed: Frank Boulton \n\n\n\nSeconded: Bimal Khadka \n\n\n\n\nMembers may wish to refer to our consultation briefing on the issue when considering this motion. \n\n\n\nTrustee elections\n\n\n\nThree of our current Trustees have completed a first three-year term and will be standing for re-election: \n\n\n\n\nKitty Mohan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKitty is a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control based in Oxford. Working in infectious disease public health (health protection)\, much of her last two years has been taken up with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A medical doctor by background\, she completed Public Health training in London in March 2018 and was awarded a PhD in Epidemiology from King’s College London in 2016. \n\n\n\nKitty is currently the Chair of the International Committee at the British Medical Association\, which leads on global health\, refugee health\, European issues\, fair medical trade and international doctors and healthcare for the BMA. She is also Deputy Head of the UK delegation to the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME). Prior to this\, she was the President of the European Junior Doctor Association from 2018-2020\, representing the interests of 300000 junior doctors across Europe. She was a member of BMA Council from 2013-18\, has previously been Director of the BMA \,and was joint lead negotiator for junior doctor contract negotiations whilst Co-chair of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee between 2013 and 2015. \n\n\n\n\n\nLesley Morrison\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLesley\, a retired GP with a background in public health\, has been a member of Medact\, and previously Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons\, since their inception. She lives south of Edinburgh\, coordinates the Scottish group and is a member of Health for a Green New Deal. She is always looking for opportunities to write and speak about health professionals’ role in disarmament\, especially ridding the world of nuclear weapons\, and in the climate emergency.This has included offering SSCs on these issues to Edinburgh medical students. \n\n\n\nCommitted to the value of the arts and humanities for improving medical training and practice\, and for health professionals’ wellbeing\, she is co-editor of “Tools of the Trade”\, a little book of poetry gifted to all Scottish medical graduates\, and author of “The Wellbeing Toolkit for Doctors”. \n\n\n\nLesley has served as a trustee for three years\, is proud of what Medact is achieving\, is continuing to learn and would appreciate being considered for a second term. \n\n\n\n\n\nMargaret Jackson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMargaret is a GP in a small but busy practice in rural North Yorkshire\, as well as a GP trainer and co-ordinator for teaching in her practice for medical students from Hull York Medical School. \n\n\n\nShe has co-ordinated the Medact Yorkshire group since its inception in 2017\, with a focus on campaigns around fracking and fossil fuel divestment. \n\n\n\n\nOur current Treasurer\, who is currently a co-opted Trustee\, is also being put forward for election for a 3-year term: \n\n\n\n\nHannah Wright\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHannah is a data and analytics professional\, currently working for Iris in London. Her passion for health justice stems from her academic background in Epidemiology & Public Health; she has a BSc in Biomedical Science from UCL and an MSc Epidemiology from Imperial College London. Before joining Medact\, Hannah held the position of Treasurer and Growth & Development officer for Goal Diggers FC. \n\n\n\nShe has acted as Treasurer for Medact over the past year as a co-opted Trustee and has introduced methods to increase visibility and rigour of grant fundraising projections as well as visual methods to communicate account updates\, as well as contributing to wider Medact discussions.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/agm-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210917
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210908T170039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T170315Z
UID:23944-1630886400-1631836799@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Stop the Arms Fair! Stop DSEI 2021
DESCRIPTION:Every two years\, one of the world’s biggest arms fairs is held in London’s Docklands. \nDSEI sees weapons and technology manufacturers from across the world come to the ExCeL Centre in London to exhibit their products to representatives of governments and regimes across the world. \nCampaign Against the Arms Trade will be organising protest events to #StopDSEI from 6th to 16th September 2021 — please see their website for details: \nRead more about the arms fair \nSee the full list of #StopDSEI events
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/stop-the-arms-fair-stop-dsei-2021/
CATEGORIES:Actions,External
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210906T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210906T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210831T124858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T124858Z
UID:23837-1630954800-1630960200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Research Meeting: 'Kill The Bill'
DESCRIPTION:The government has misleadingly branded the dangerous PCSC Bill a “public health approach” to combating serious violence. In response\, we are putting together a briefing in support of the Kill The Bill movement\, explaining why police-led enforcement is not the same as public health and why this Bill will actually harm health. This is our first research meeting to discuss this work. \nWe especially want to enable those from groups most affected by the Bill to contribute to this work but all are welcome. \nFor more info\, contact office@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/research-meeting-kill-the-bill/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210906T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210906T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210831T131337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T080215Z
UID:23839-1630956600-1630962000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Access to Healthcare in a Hostile Environment
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 6th September\, Medact Sheffield invites you to Access to Healthcare in the Hostile Environment\, a webinar exploring how hostile environment immigration policies in the NHS are deterring migrants from accessing the care they need. \nWe’re honoured to be joined by Simba Mujakachi\, as we build towards Simba’s Carnival of Resistance to the Hostile Environment where we’ll march with the Justice for Simba campaign to deliver his 67\,000 signature petition to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. \nIn this webinar we’ll hear from Simba and his father Victor about their experiences of being on the receiving end of inhumane NHS charging policies\, Dr Rizwana Lala will speak about the public health impacts of the Hostile Environment\, and together we’ll discuss how you get get involved with the Patients Not Passports campaign both locally and nationally. \nSign up\, and we’ll see you there! \nMedact Sheffield \nSpeakers\nSimba\, who came to the UK as a teenager in 2004 – was sent a bill for more than £93\,000 after he suffered a stroke and spent 2 weeks in a coma\, because of his immigration status. Now he is calling on everyone to oppose migrant charging in the NHS and call for an end to the hostile environment immigration policies. He speaks of his personal experience facing the hostile environment and campaigning against it. \nVictor\, Simba’s father and long-time Sheffield activist has worked with ASSIST\, Voice for the Voiceless and South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action group (SYMAAG). He speaks passionately about his experience of the hostile environment and local campaigns he has been a part of. \nRizwana is a dentist\, public health consultant and mum here in Sheffield. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/access-to-healthcare-in-a-hostile-environment/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/08/JusticeForSimba-portrait.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210908T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210908T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210823T102505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T102555Z
UID:23774-1631127600-1631133000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Group Meeting: Medact North East
DESCRIPTION:Medact North East holds fortnightly meetings on Wednesdays at 7pm ─ currently online.\nIf you would like to join\, please contact northeast@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/group-meeting-medact-north-east-2021-09-08/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210908T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210908T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210908T105525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T105525Z
UID:23927-1631127600-1631133000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Research Network: Climate & Health Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our Climate & Health Research Group will be meeting on Wednesday 8th September to discuss ongoing projects in the build up to COP 26. \nFor more details about the work of the group and to get involved\, email Rob Abrams on robabrams@medact.org. \nFind out more about the wider Medact Research Network.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/research-network-climate-health-group-meeting-2021-09-08/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/05/Medact-Research-Network.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210909T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210909T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210902T164350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210902T165012Z
UID:23898-1631212200-1631217600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:A transformative Green New Deal — getting the BMA on board
DESCRIPTION:Doctors and medical students have been organising within their trade union in support of a radical response to the climate crisis! They have successfully managed to get a Green New Deal motion on to the BMA’s conference agenda – it will be debated at the annual representatives meeting on the weekend of the 13th-14th September. \nIn this event we’ll hear from grassroots organisers within the BMA about what they’ve done so far\, and discuss what we should do next in the campaign to get the BMA to support the Green New Deal. Most importantly we’ll discuss how doctors and med students\, who want to organise for climate justice within the BMA\, can get involved! \nWhether or not you are coming to the BMA annual meeting\, or are even a BMA member – you are warmly invited to this event if you want to see the BMA supporting a Green New Deal. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/a-transformative-green-new-deal-getting-the-bma-on-board/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/09/A_Transformative_Green_New_Deal_Getting_the_BMA_on_Board_V2.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210909T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210909T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210827T144736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230302T171539Z
UID:23827-1631214000-1631219400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Patients Not Passports — New Joiners meeting September 2021
DESCRIPTION:The best way to get up to speed with the campaign and get connected with work going on across the country is to come to our next New Joiners meeting on Thursday 9th September. We’ll cover campaign strategy\, hear from some of the groups working on the Patients Not Passports campaign\, and explore the different ways you can get involved. We’re currently building towards a national day of action in October\, so there’s lots to do! \n? Register for the next New Joiners meeting – Thurs 9th September ? \nMost of the Patients Not Passports work happens through locally focused campaign groups\, with groups based in: Sheffield\, Liverpool\, Manchester\, Bristol\, Brighton\, Birmingham\, Oxford; East\, South\, and South East London; Glasgow\, and Wales. If you’re not in any of these places\, don’t worry! Docs Not Cops and Medact’s Migrant Solidarity Group work nationally or we can support you to set up your own local group. You don’t need to work in healthcare to be involved! To win we’ll need everyone working together to oppose NHS charging and there is room for everyone in the campaign. \nIf you can’t make the next New Joiners meeting\, don’t worry – there’ll be another one in a few months or we can make time for a quick phone call with you or connect you directly with your local group. If you have time\, you could check out How NHS staff are fighting back against the ‘hostile environment’ for an overview of the campaign\, or read Challenging Healthcare Charging in the NHS\, a briefing that examines where the Hostile Environment policies came from\, how they work\, what their impact is\, and what we can do about them. \n? Register for the next New Joiners meeting – Thurs 9th September ?
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/patients-not-passports-new-joiners-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210913T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210913T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210901T163044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T163044Z
UID:23864-1631556000-1631565000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Bearing Witness: Healthcare in Gaza - digital campaign launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the online launch of Hexitime’s ‘Bearing Witness’ campaign\, a campaign connecting healthcare workers in the UK with their peers on the frontlines of political and humanitarian crises. \nThe campaign will provide a platform for healthcare workers to offer — or respond to someone’s request for — an hour of their time to listen to and seek to understand and appreciate the stories and experiences of healthcare workers on the frontlines of humanitarian disasters. \nThe initial phase focuses on Gaza in Palestine\, and this event will be an informative introduction to the campaign and how to join. \nWe will be hearing from: \n\nMohammed Aghaalkurdi – Project Assistant on Medical Aid for Palestinians’ limb reconstruction programme\nDr Hesham Abdalla – Consultant paediatrician\, director of medical education and quality improvement\, and co-founder of Hexitime\nJohn Lodge – NHS Head of Quality Improvement (London) and co-founder of Hexitime\nWilliam Nicholson – Programming and Partnerships Lead at the Health Foundry\nSally Becker – Founder and Chief Executive of Safe A Child – Global Paediatric Network\n\nThe free online event will take place on Monday 13 September at 6pm. Register to attend the event.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/bearing-witness-healthcare-in-gaza-digital-campaign-launch/
CATEGORIES:Launches
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/09/hexitime-2.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210913T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210913T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210825T151313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210825T151334Z
UID:23802-1631559600-1631563200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Climate Clinic briefing call
DESCRIPTION:In the run-up to our Health Action for the Green New Deal Bill\, we will be running briefing calls on 13th and 27th September going over the process of setting up a Climate Clinic and how to have persuasive conversations with members of the public. \nYou can register for one or other call when you sign up to take part in the action.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/climate-clinic-briefing-call-13sep/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Training
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/08/H4GND-climate-clinic-actions.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210914T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210914T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210909T153803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210909T161537Z
UID:23956-1631642400-1631649600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Sheffield Banner Making
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 14th September 6-8pm we will be hosting a banner making session to make banners for the ? Justice for Simba Campaign’s Carnival of Resistance to the Hostile Environment ? . \nDo come and join us — it would be lovely to meet any new faces; all levels of creativity for banner-making welcome! Drop us an email at sheffield@medact.org if you’re planning to come along. \nWe’ll be in the training and performance room at the U-mix Centre\, 17 Asline Road\, Lowfield\, Sheffield\, S2 4UJ.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-sheffield-banner-making/
LOCATION:U-mix Centre\, 17 Asline Road\, Lowfield\, Sheffield\, S2 4UJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions,Social
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/08/JusticeForSimba-portrait.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T015540
CREATED:20210824T095540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T110742Z
UID:23782-1631980800-1631984400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:What has the Climate Crisis got to do with our health?
DESCRIPTION:Medact Yorkshire are delighted to invite you to our online contribution to York Environment Week where we discuss ‘What has the Climate Crisis got to do with our Health?’. \nWe have three local health professionals who will talk about how health and climate interact; why we should take action now and examples of what we can all do to improve the natural world around us\, reduce the worst effects of the climate crisis and improve the health of ourselves\, our families and our communities. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/what-has-the-climate-crisis-got-to-do-with-our-health/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Online,Talks & Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/02/Medact-Yorkshire-logo.png
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